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NEWSPAPER WRAPPING MACHINE.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DANlEL'W R IGLE Y, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NEWSPAPER-WRAPPING MACHINE.

S Y E CIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 547,531, dated October 8, I895.

"Application filed February 25, 1895. Serial No.539fl ll- (No model.) I

, To all whom it may concert.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL WRIGLEY, a

- citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Newspaper-Wrapping Machine, of whichithe following is'a specification.

My invention relates to machines for wrappingnewspapers and periodicals for the mail as rapidly as they are delivered from the press or at an 'equalspeed as they'are fed to it by hand; v

It relates particularly, however, to a 'machinefor wrapping-news 'apersgpassed to-it in the usual folded for'n' irectly from a mod-l er'n press.

. It also relatesparticularly to that class of such wrapping-machines inwhich the paper and wrapper are fed togethersin'to a coreless wrapping-chamber, from which the wrapped paper is laterally discharged.

The-object of my invention is to improve npont-he machines of this class by so con: structing and combining the necessary elethey will be simplified and rendered more rapid and certain in this action.

My invention therefore consists in a wrapping-machine provided with an oscillating wrapping-chamber having wrapping-rollers mounted concentric therewith and having an opening through which the wrapper and paper are received and the wrapped paper discharged.

- I It also consists in a wrappingchamber for newspaper-wrapping machines provided with rollers mounted concentric therewith and having an op'en'ing' in its sidethrongh which the paper and wrapper enter and from which the wrapped paper emerges, said chamber being constructed and mounted to oscillate between a position for receiving the wrapper and a position for discharging the wrapped paper. I v i Y It also consists in the combination, with an oscillating wrapping-chamber, of an ejector acting to guide the paper and wrapper in the.

wrapping operation and to expel the wrapped paper as said chamber oscillates to'the discharge position.

My invention further consists in aspecial end ofsaid machine. Fig. 5 is an end view of the wrapping-chamber and its operating mechanism, the same being shownin'the powrapped paper. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of said chamber, takenjin the plane represented by line-6 6, Fig. 5'. Fig.7 is an elevation of g the feeding-rolls androcking guide.

This machine was designed for use in connection with my improved addressing-ma cation filed of even date herewith, Serial No. 539,710, and therefore its base (indicated by 8) is shown inFigs; I and gas broken away, since it is intended that both. machines shall be mounted upon the same base.

9 and 10 indicate'the side frames of the machine, upon and between which the various parts thereof are mounted.

The principal and essential featureof the consists of the heads 11 and 12,in which are journal'ed the wrapping-rollers 13 as the principalelements thereof. With these co-oper The head 11 is journ'aled in a boss upon the frame 9, while the head 12 is jonrnaled 'in a sleeve 14,whi ch in turn is journaled in a boss outer end gear 15, which forms a member of the driving-train of gears, while upon its inner end it carries a broad gear 16, with which mesh pinions 17, mounted upon the ends of as shown, are staggered in their-engagement 4 is an elevation of the newspaper-receivingvchine, which forms the subject of an appliate suitable guides, as hereinafter described.-

directly from the discharging mechanism of a sition assumed by it-upon the. discharge-of a machine is the wrapping chamber. This chamber in its preferred form, as illustrated,

upon the frame 10. This sleeve carries at its the journals to rollers 13. These pinions 17,

with the broad gear 16, so as not to interfere give it such a motion,I connect to .the head 11 a link 18, which in turn is connected to one.

end of a lever 19, pivoted upon the frame 10, as at 20. .Upon'the lever 19 is mounted by means of a stud-bearing a roller 21, which operates in the raceway of a box-cam 22,;fixed upon the shaft 23. Thiscam receives its rotation through gear 24, forming a member of the driving-train gears. Through this mechanism the wrapping-chamber is oscillated to and from the receiving and discharging positions, the former of which is indicated in Fig. 1, while the latter is indicated in Fig. 5. As a consequence of this oscillating capability of the Wrapping-chamber,it is preferabic't'hat it be provided with but one opening, which shall serve the purpose of a receiving-opening and a discharge'opening.

(Jo-operating with the wrapping-chamber is a rocking guide,which consists of a bar 25, mounted upon arms 26, free-to oscillate upon shaft 27. Across the bar are plac d and secured guide-plates 2,8. For the purpose of rocking this guide a link, as 29, is connected to one of the arms 26 and to thatend of lever 19 which is opposite to the end connected with link 18. 'Thus it will be seen that as lev er 19 is-rocked to oscillate the wrapping- I chamber it will also throw the rocking guide from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 5. v

To facilitate the discharge of the wrapped paperfrom the wrapping-chamber, I providean ejector, which shall reciprocate to and from the discharge-opening as said chamber is oscillated to and from the discharging position. This ejector may be made and mounted in various ways; but the way illustrated is the one preferred, ,wherein slides, as 30, are mounted in ways formed in the heads 11 and 12 and have extending from one to theothe'r,

at their lower ends, a plate, as 31, to which are connected guide-plates .32, which also serve as the surface for engaging the wrapped newspaper in discharging it. Any suitable mechanism for reciprocating this ejector may be employed. The preferred form, however, is illustrated as consisting of canrlevcrs 33, mounted upon rod 54, rigidly fixed. in the frames 9 and'lO. in the raceway of these cam levers operate rollers mounted upon studs in the outer ends of the slides 30. To provide for rocking thclevers 33, I place upon the short arms thereof pins, as indicated at 35,which project into raoeways 36, formed-'in cam projections upon the heads 11 and 12. By this construction as the wrapping-chamber oscillates the plunger is carried with it and as the short arms of levers 33 are forced away from said chamber the long arms are forced toward it andthe ejector is obliged to travel toward the opening in said chamber. 00- operating with the guiding-surfaces 32 of the ejector in its position of rest and with the wrapping-rollers are guide-rods 37, which are rigidly mounted upon rod'34 and are curved, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, so as not to be affected by the oscillations of the wrappingchamber. For the passage of plates 32 and for the reception of the guides 37'- suitable grooves are formed in the rollers 13, as indicated in Fig. 4.

This wrapping-machine is intended for 00- operation with such presses as deliver the paper folded ready for wrapping or for cooperation with folding'machines'. In Fig. l I have shown it adapted to operate in connection with one ol' the modern presses, the

delivery-rolls of which are indicated in their usual position by circles 38, 39,9.nd 40. With such a press it is only necessaryin' setting up my machine in connection therewith to shift the position of roller 40 to that indicated in I dotted lines at 40'. For co-operation with the delivery-tape of the press time placed my machine is provided with an adjustable frame consisting of the arms 41, pivoted to the frame of the machine and'carrying between their outer ends tape-carrying roll 42, which is grooved for the passage of fingers 43, mounted upon a rod 14, fixed in the arms 41. These arms extend into slight grooves in the surface. of roller 38 or between the several pulleys which go tomake up this roller, as the casermay' be.- .Thisv.,adjnstable frame by meansof setscrews may be tilted into the required position to correspond to the height of the press. The lower receiving tapes 51 pass around this roller 42, back over roller 46, then down and forward-over the paper-feeding roller 47, journaled upon shaft '48, then up over the tension-roller 49, and forward to the said roller 42. These tapes co operate with those of the press which pass about roller 40 and carry the paper to be wrapped toward the wrapping-chamber. In order to direct it downward tothe chamber, the upper paper-carrying tapes 52 are mounted as shown. Starting from roller 50, they extend back and downwardly around roller 46, along with, the lower tapes, then around roller 53, and up around tension-roller 54, and to said roller We have now traced the paper to such aposition that its next move will bring it upon the wrapper. I: will now de cribe the path of thewrapper to this point.

When this wrapping rnachine is 'used in connection with the addressing-machine, it. is geared thereto, as indicated by circles 55 and 56 in Fig. 2, and the wrapping-paper 57 descends from the addressing-machine, as indicated in Fig. 1, to and through the perforatlug-rolls 58 59, then up over directing-roll (i0, and through the advancing-rolls Gland breakingrolls 62 to thefeediug rolls 63 and 47. Said advancing and breaking rolls maybe constructed of disks spaced apart upon the shaft,

- as shown in Fig. 3, or they may be rolls simply IOC TKO

tween tapes 51 and 52. They aretheu passed tapes 64, which may be described asstarting' stretch passing between the pulleys forming the-advancing-rolls nema breaking-rolls.

Ifdesired, to insure the wrapper against curling up in its passage from rollers 61 to 62 agutde-plate, as 68, may be mounted above the'tapes between the frames 9-and 10 in the position indicated in Fig. 1. The rollers 61 rotate at a certain-'speedand assist in draw .ing the wrapper into the machine and advancing it to rollers 62, which rollers rotate at a greater speed than rollers 61, and act thereby to break each wrapper from the web as soon as its advanced end passes between rollers 62, The wrapper is then hurried forward, an 'd, as it approaches the feeding-rollers 47 63 the paper is delivered onto it from betogether, by rollers. 47 and 63, over plates28 into the wrapping-chamber, about the interior of which they are rolled by the action of the rolls 1?, and when one has been completely rolled within the other, for which the operation of the machine is timed, the Wrapping-chamber is oscillated, the rocking guide depressed, the ejector advanced, and the wrapped paperdischarged downward between the exit-rollers 69 and 7 0 onto the dischargeta'pes 71, which :passover suitable'pulleys- -'mounted upon shaft 23 and corresponding pulleys '72, mounted upon a shaft journaled in brackets 7 3,;extending from the frames 9 and 10. Guide-plates 74 and 75 are suitably mounted about these tapes to direct the pa pers as they issue fromjthevmachinet When this machi-ne'is'tnot used in connection with myaddres'sing-machine, the roll of wrapping'papermaybe mounted uponthe frames '9 and 10 in any suitable manner, as indicated at 76 in Fig. 1. The wrapping-paper wduld then also pass as above-described.

A small roller, as 77, co-operates with the perforating-roll 58 to feed the paper forward to "the perforating mechanisms 78 7 9. v The perforating rolls are I preferably made large enough so that their circumference shall be doublethe length of a wrapper.

- ,The pasting mechanism which I prefer to use in connection with this wrapping-machine consists of a paste'trough'orreservoir .80, in which is journaled a distributingv able adjustable gage-plate 82 1n the usual way for regulating the amount of paste which roller 81, and which is provided witha suitshall be carried out-onthe surface of'said roller. The paste is delivered from this of grooves,

. broken cylinder,

roller to the end of each wrapper by means of a paste-distributer 83 in the form of a as indicated in Fig. 1, the periphery of which is provided with a series as shown in Fig. 3, for the pur' pose of leaving places upon a wrapper un- Through these pastevancing roller 61, the paper-breakin g roller 62, and the roller 47. p

The tension-rollers 49', 54, and are provided with suitable adjustin -sectors, as indicated in Fig. 1,for retainingsaid rollers in the positions desired. ,7 To facilitate the handling of the folded papers, particularly in the rolling-up action, I provide a moistening-apparatusfconsistin g of a roller 84, journaled in the frame of the machinefabove the tape 51, as indicated'in Fig. 1. (Jo-operating with this roller, which I preferably cover with some porous material, as cloth, is a roller 85, journaled in brackets rising from the frame of the machine and.

turning through an aperture in the bottom of the water trough or fountain 86, which, like the paste trough, is provided with suitable gage-plates 87, which may be regulated by means of tension-screws, as shown. With a construction of this sort I am enabled to sup- I ply water to a inoistening-roll located below the' fountain, which is a great advantage in a machine of this sort, as it would complicate the mechanism materially to attemptv to distribute the water from the top of roller 85,- as has. been the custom in most moistenin'g apparatus.

In Fig. 2 it will be observed that upon the stud-shaft '88 are mounted two pinions, one

of which is. of greater diameter than the other, and these pinions serve to multiply the speed between the advancingrolls .61 and the breaking-rolls 62 and feeding-rolls 47 and 63. It will be noticed, also, that since the wrapper-carrying tape receives its motion from roller 63 the portion thereof extending between rollers 61 and62 travels at a greater speed than the wrapper-web, but at; the same speed as each wrapper does when severed or broken from said web by the action of rollersf62. This increase i-n'speed enables the wrappin'goperation to take place and the wrapping-chamber toreturn to its recei'ving position while the next wrapper is being advanced to the feeding-rolls. In this way the machine will operate .to wrap papers and discharge them as rapidly as said papers and. wrappers can be fed to it.

- In'briefthe operation of the machine is as follows: The wrapping-paper passes through the perforating-rolls, is perforated, its rearward and pasted by the operation of the pastedistributer 83 as said end'passes -over directingrroll 60, is then advanced between rolls it act to break the wrapper from the web, which is then, rapidly advanced toward the. feeding-rollers, and as it approaches them press over fingers 43 and carried by ,tape51 under the moistening -roller 84 and-directed by tapes 51 and 52 around the roller 46 is delivered upon the wrapper, and both together are fed over the plates 28'into the interior ofthe wrapping-chamber, whose rollers 13 roll them one within the other, they being I to 61 to rolls 62, which as soon as they engage the paper which has been delivered from the it may be advisable toduplicate some of them -19 isrocked by the cam 22, which causes the tion and the plates 28 to wrapping chamber guidedin. this operation by the plates 32 of the ejector and the guides 37. As soon as the rolling operation is completed the lever chamber to oscillate into the dischargeposidrop, so as'jt'o direct the paper to the rolls 69 and 70,-Tand. the. chamber in its oscillation canses the rocking of levers 33 and the advance of-th'eejector to the position indicated in Fig. 5. The wrapped paper as it passes through rolls 69 and 70 falls upon tapes 71 and is carried over roll 72 into a basket or any suitable receptacle. It will be noticed thatas the chamber is oscillated. the pinions 17 roll upon the gears 16 in the direction of their rotation, and therefore therolls 13 remain stationary with respect to the heads of the chamber and t0 the paper held between them. This greatly facilitates the discharging of the paper.

Many of the parts of my machine may obviously be changed in form and location, and

or omit others; but such changes so long as they do not affect the principle of the machine and the etfecti-ve working thereof, as above described, do not depart from my invention;

What I claim as myinvention is- 1. In a wrapping machine, an oscillating wrapping chamber provided with a single lateral receiving and discharge opening and having rollers concentrically mounted with respect to said chamber,in combination with guides co-operating with said rollers and an ejector reciprocating laterally through said chamber to and from said opening.

2. In a wrapping machine, an oscillating provided with rollers mounted concentric therewith and having a single opening acting in one position of the chamber as'the receiving opening and in another position of the chamber as the discharge opening.

3. In a wrapping machine, wrapping chamber provided with rollers mounted about it for rolling up a paper and wrapper, and-means for stopping the rotation of saidrollers as the chamber turns to the discharge position.

t. Ina wrapping machine, an oscillating wrapping chamber provided with a lateral opening in combination with an ejector reciprocating to and from said opening as the chamber oscillates to and from the discharge position.

5. In a wrapping machine, an oscillating wrapping chamber in combination with an ejector acting as aguide during the wrapping operation, and means for reciprocating it to and from the exit of the chamber as said. chamber oscillates to and from the discharge position.

6.. In a wrapping machine, the combination with an oscillating wrapping chamber provided with means for rolling up the paper and wrapper, of rigidly mounted guides asan oscillating with mechanism for 'wrapping chamber journaled-i sisting in the wrapping operation, and an awrappingchamher with heads journaled i n the frame of the machine and wrapping rollers extending from one head to the other and provided with pinions,-a.gear upon the frame of the machine with which said pinions engage, and means connected to the chamber for oscillating it to discharge the wrapped paper.

9. In a wrapping machine, the combination paper, of a wrapping chamber provided with a single opening, and a rocking to direct the paper and wrapper into said opening and to direct the wrapped paper to the delivering mechanism.

10. The combination with "the oscillating n the frame of the machine, of theejector mounted in ways in the heads of the chamber, cams formed upon said heads, and levers engaging said cams and the ejector for reciprocating it.

11. The combination with the wrapping chamber journaled'in the frame of the machine, of a cam wheel mounted upon said frame, a lever rocked by said cam, and a rod connected to said lever and to said chamber for oscillating it.

12. The combination with the wrapping chamber journaled in the frame of the machine and the rocking guide at the opening in said chamber, of a rocking lever mounted upon said frame and connected to the chamher and to the guide.

13. The combination with the delivery mechanism of a printing press or folder provided with an extended tape-carrying roll, of the adjustable receiving mechanism of a wrapping machine consisting of arms pivoted tothe frame of said machine and supporting at their outer ends a tape-carrying roll, a rod connecting said arms, and fingers mounted upon said rod and passing between the mem:

bers ofthe latter tape-carrying roll into co operation with the said delivery mechanism to guide the paper therefrom to the said receiving mechanism.

14. In a wrappin g machine, the combination with the wrapping chamber, of a'pair of feed ing rolls at the entrance th per-carrying-tapes passing around one of said rolls, the lower paper-carrying tapes passing around the other of said rolls, and the upper paper-carrying tapes co-operating with the guide serving delivering the wrapped 7 ereto, the wrap lower ones to deliver ,the paper upon the wrapper as the latter approaches the feeding rolls.

15. In a wrapping machine, the combination with advancing and breaking rolls for wrapi portions of the wrapper which come in con- 10 ping paper, consisting of disks spaced apart upon their shafts, of a wrapper directing roll, and a paste-applying device cooperating with said directing roll and consisting of arctary broken cylinder 'hA-Vill g two diametrically opv posite pasting surfaces transversely grooved Witnesses: to provide for pasting only the ends of the WM. H. CAPEL,

wrappers and for omitting paste from thOs-e HENRY T. HiRSOH.

tact with said advancing and breaking rolls. I

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 23d day of February, A. D. 1.895.

DANIEL WRIGLEY. 

